Advertising chair



L 1 9, 1 4 "AT 9 W1 Jan, 9, 19230 ADVERTISING CHAIR.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

FILED FEB.15,192I.

Jan 9, 1923.

G. E. BUTTON. ADVERTISING CHAIR.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 FILED FEB. 15. l92l.

Jan; 9 23 mmm. G. E. BUTTON.

ADVERTISING CHAIR.

FILED FEB. I5. I92]. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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.llpplication filed llebruary 15, 1931. llcrial lilo. tltfiflltifi.

To eZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, Gunmen; Burrow,

a citizen of the United States, residing at l lampa, in the county of Canyon and Estate of lldaho, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in itdvertisine Chairs, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accom panying drawin e.

l /ly invention relates to improvements in advertising chairs.

An important object of the invention is toprovide an advertising chair, formed of few and simple parts.

it further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the display element or belt may be readily removed, with or without the operating roll.

it further object of the invention is to provide a peculiar construction of opcrating rod, to engage ratchet wheel, such. red being integral and rigid, and dispensing with the ordinary pivoted pawl.

Uther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed. to designate like parts throughout the same,

lt igure 1 is a side elevation of a rocking chair embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the arm of the chair, the display belt being in elevation,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the chair, the door of the casing being open, and a portion of the operating drum broken. away,

lligure 4: is a detailed section. talren on. line t at of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is. a plan view of the arm of the chair,

Figure 6 is a vertical section, taken on line 6-43 of Figure 3,

Figure 7 is a detailed section taken on line 'Z7 of Figure 3, and,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the op- I crating rod.

Tn the drawings, wherein for the purpose to of illustration is shown a preferred einbodiment of my invention, the numeral 10 designates a rocking chair, as a whole, which may be of any well known or preferred construction. This chair embodies back 11, seat 12, arms 13, legs 14:, and. rockers The arm 13 of the chair is included in a side 13, having a casing 16 rigidly secured thereto. This casing embodies a top 1?, serving; as an arm rest. This top has an 01 servation opening 18 formed therein. The numeral 19 designates a door, hinged at 26 to the casing 16, and adapted to be held in the closed position by a latch 21, of any well known construction.

Arranged within the casing 16 is a rotatable drum 22, having a ratchet wheel 23 arranged upon the inner side thereof, and rigidly secured thereto. The drum and ratchet wheel have an opening extending centrally therethrough to receive a pivot element or bolt 2 1-, also passing through an. opening in the side 18, as more clearly shown in l igure 6. At its outer end, the bolt carries a nut 25, which may be removed to permit of the removal of the operating drum 22, when desired. ll. fibrous washer 2'6, formed of felt or the like, is preferably interposed between the ratchet wheel 23 and the side 13.

The operating drum 22 carries a display element or belt 27, which may be formed of cloth, paper or the like, having advertising; 98, Figure 5, printed upon the exterior thereof, as clearly shown. The upper por tion of the display belt travels over guide rolls 29, arranged within the observation opening 18, and pivoted upon. pins 30 or the like, Figure 2. The ends of the display belt .27 are prelerably detaehably connected, by means of a detachable clasp 31, of any well known or preferred construction. .lhis permits of the removal of the display belt, with or without the drum 22, when it is desired. to change the belt, to present dif ferent advertising matter.

The invention embodies a peculiarly shap d operating); element, in the form of a rigid rod 32, having an intermediate transverse or horizontal portion 33, a lower upstanding or vertical portion 34*, and an upper upstanding or vertical portion 35, the rod being bent at the points 36.

The numeral 37 designates a horizontal guide, rigidly attached to the side 13. This guide has an elongated eye 88, receiving the upstanding portion 35, preferably slidably contacting with the opposite sides of the eye, but spaced from the ends thereof. The transverse portion 33 is held within an eye 39, of a guide l0, which is vertically arranged, and rigidly attached to the side 13. The eye 89 has its sides slidably contacting with the portion .18, but the eye is elongated so that the portion is spaced from the ends of tl e eye. )/i

z i the rocker 15, having a lower diameter the the portion 3st, to perinit or side play of said brtion. The 0 )enin ll. leads into echoinber 42 reeeivinr the. )Ol'LlOll o l. and e 3 1 1 P 4L3 aretemol rornied or rubo r secured on 7 z I J 7 the the end it its upper end, the portion 35 s bent at a right angle, i'ornnng a rigid dea '1 to engege with the ratchet wheel 93." retraotile coil spring 45 is attached to ortion "t to, and to t side iii-3, at 457. 1:8, wreterab tori 10d oi :l'eltfls seen? the side l3, engages the portion 3o.

The ope ution oil? the ehzzi is as liollmvs:

The chair is rocked heel; and forth by the user, and the cup e3, by contacting with the floor effects a relative movement between the op waiting element 32, and the chair. The op rating element is rigid throughout, and partakes of e relative longitudinal and horizontal movement, the same engaging beneath the teeth of the ratchet wheel, and er";- feeting a step by step turning,- movement. The drum 22 is therefore turned, intermittently, which movement is imparted to the display belt 27', whereby the advertisements 538 are moved in succession within the opening 18, hence may be readily observed by the occupant 0t the chair.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and les zr'ibed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be r sorted to without departing from the spirit 01" my inve tion, or the sco e ot the sub joined claims.

Having thusdescribed my invention, 1 claim:

1. In apparatus of the character desoribet, the combination with a rocking chair, oi? on advertising; device carried thereby, a ratchet wheel to admnee the derive, an operating element embodying an interme diate transverse portion. and upper and lower upstanding portions the upper end of the upper upstanding;- portion being bent laterally to provide a dog for engagement With the ratchet wheel,

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guides carried by the chair and receiving the transverse portion and the upper upstanding portion and adopted to permit of longitudinal and t unsverse movements of the some, the lower end of the lower upstanding portion being adapted to contact with a lloor, and it spring serving to draw the operating; element laterally and downwardly.

2. ln apparatus of the character described, the combination with a rocking chair, oi." on advertising; device enrried thereratehet wheel to advance the device, an tolerat ng element Qll'llJOtljflUfjC a. rigid rod l1 1:; to tori-n :in intermediate transverse portion and upper and lower upstnnding por tions, the upper end o i the upper upsl'vztndingr portion being bent laterally lo provide :1 Hubitiully horizontal dog; to engage with the retehet wheel, it horizontal guide carried by the chair and haviin nu elmignlied. eye to reeoi've the upper upstanding portion, :1 \erlical guide curried. hy the chair and having; an elongated eye to receive the interlnmliate transverse portion, the lower end ol? the element Cf ecth with the lloor nnd a spring b to more tl e element downwardly and lnter ally.

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The combination with :L rockingmun. or a casing; secured to one side thereof and hav an inspection opening in its upper end, :1 door to close the open side of the vasing. an operating druni dot: ehnbly mounted within the casing, guide rollers held within said opeuir display belt tra oling about the opcrating; drum and rollers, and means to turn the drum including; an element lo contact with the floor.

tic. The eonibination with a rorhing chair. of u easing secured to one side thereof and huviiur an inspection opening: in its upper end, door to close the open side of the cusing, an operating device detnchably 1nounled. within the casino, a display belt (1Hllling with said opt-rating device run! the in spoof-ion opening, and nieuns to urinate {he operzzi'iug' device inrludin r an element lo contact with the illoor.

:l n testimony whereol' l hereunto nllix my signature in the presence oi? two witnesses.

"Witnesses D. T. .lvlinnrI-IY, S. S. Mrsnrinn. 

